Modern Farmer has
provided a handy resource to tell you what kind of chicken is right for you,
but I was a little disappointed that they didn’t present it in Cosmo quiz form.
So here’s the Grist List quiz, based on Modern
Farmer’s chicken guide, to determine your chicken personality.
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Portland Community College is
offering the first-of-its-kind class in fuel cells, providing a new option for
students to explore careers in green energy.
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If you're looking to broaden your winter activity horizons consider taking part in the 18th annual Winter Trail Days!
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Kilowatt Crackdown is the premier commercial building energy
competition. Its goal is to help you use less energy, reduce operating
costs, and reward you for doing so.
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An upcoming Master Composter/Recycler family oriented vermicomposting workshop will give kids the chance to explore the wonderful world of worms!
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Another Portland winter around the corner. Wish your home was more cozy, more comfortable and less of an energy waster?
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A community building event funded by the East Portland Action Plan!
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We are in the middle of Reuse Week in Multnomah County.
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Check out this idea: peer-to-peer car sharing.
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Put this on your calendar.: Wild Exposure is a fun outdoor lifestyle event benefitting Oregon Wild's ongoing work protecting the states wild and special places.
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Time to think about greening up the holidays ahead.
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Need more proof that Portland is full of action oriented people and interesting sustainability and community stewardship ideas,. This non profit’s mission is to promote the removal of unnecessary pavement from urban areas, create community green spaces and mitigate storm water runoff.
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If you care about the Willamette, now you take action.
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Autumn is here. October is around the corner. And with that late summer heat we had, our urban gardens are drying out. What's next?
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See six unique inner NE Portland gardens at this last big garden tour of the summer.
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We can feel autumn in the air. Days shorter, definitely more chilly nights. Is that what accounts for more spiders inside the house.
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The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. You can lower your pesticide intake by avoiding the 12 most contaminated or eating the least contaminated produce.
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The Clackamas River provides the Portland metropolitan area with fresh drinking water and is home to old-growth forests, bird species, steelhead, and one of the last remaining wild salmon runs in the lower Columbia basin! Did you know the Clackamas River is also “home” to inflatable dolphins, chains of flip-flops, lawn chairs and even microwaves? Come float and fill the boat with hundreds of volunteers on Sunday, September 9 at 9:00 a.m. as part of the 10th Annual Down the River Clean Up. The event begins at Barton County Park, where a flotilla of volunteers will raft, kayak, tube, canoe and SCUBA down a fifteen-mile stretch of the Clackamas, removing any trash it may encounter along the way to preserve and protect the beautiful and bountiful river. Pre-registration is required at www.WeLoveCleanRivers.org. Since its inception, the Down the River Clean Up has involved 2,200 volunteers and removed twenty-three tons of trash from the Clackamas River!
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Yes, we have noticed. Dusk is sure falling earlier and earlier. But there’s still time to enjoy this late summer in the outdoors.
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Late summer brings more real food to our table than at any other time: tomatoes, peaches, eggplant. We become our own chefs. But it’s all thanks to farmers.
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Temps around the metro area are down to just right after our triple digit fun last week. Keep this in mind for the next heatwave. Great tips from our fave organization, Friends of Trees.
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With bed bug infestations common across the U.S. (yes, even in hotels), here are a few things you can do to assure you don’t bring them back to your bed after holiday travels.
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It’s been considered that our world doesn’t change one person at a time. Instead it can be changed as networks of relationships form among people who share a common vision of what’s possible.
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Join OMSI for a bilingual festival-style, health and wellness event that will look at the life cycle of food, from farm to table and beyond.
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It’s time to bring dinner outdoors. And here come the yellow jackets, the wasps!
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Thursdays in July, Ecotrust is hosting The annual Sundown Concert series.
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If you've ever been surrounded by fruit and nut trees in your yard, you know the delights and dilemmas of your crop. What to do with the harvest, not to mention picking the bounty. Here's a great idea.
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Two worthy ideas are making a comeback. Food cooperatives, and "intentional communities" BLAST FROM THE PASTCo-ops: Looking for a way to purchase fresh, locally grown food without having to make a trip to the farmers market? Then consider joining a food cooperative – either a retail store or a buying club – to start getting deals on healthy food that is often organically or sustainably grown. Here’s what you need to know about food co-ops before you sign up. Find out more HERE.
Cooperative Living: If you’re intrigued by the idea of living in a place with a strong sense of community and a lighter impact on the planet, here are 7 questions to consider as you begin your research on intentional communities. Find out more HERE.
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Day camps that introduce young campers to planting, harvesting, cooking and caretaking for farm animals have popped up all over the region.
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AS Americans plan their Independence Day barbecues, and dust off the grill, or in our case, derust it, skip the sirloins, ribs and chops and go for what can be the most sustainable, economical and morally responsible meat of all: ground.
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The 2nd Annual PSU Social Innovation Incubator Elevator Pitch Fest? What and When?
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Last week, the City Council authorized the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability to provide help to low income high garbage producing households. What's in it for you?
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We all love birds, and may even tolerate them nesting in our homes, but here are a few things to think about.
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Just because things are available on the market does it mean they've been very carefully evaluated, and that they're safe? Turns out, not so much.
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Here’s one way to connect your kiddos to nature and allow them a digital break by Birding.
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Lake Oswego Backyard Habitat Program
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Nothing like sitting in your yard on a summer evening. Then you hear the familiar buzz by your ear. Eden Pest Solution offers a few simple tips tp keep that mosquito population from bugging you.
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With such great weather here in the NW, still thinking garden duty!. Veggie and flower gardens are great. Now think rain garden.
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Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls’ soccer team passed around when they shared cookies. So now what?
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In recent years, the cost of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) has fallen significantly, and the dependability of bulbs has improved dramatically. Some early CFL bulbs did not live up to the manufacturers' claims, but that's not the case today.
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MeasuringUP Symposium Examines Building Performance in Sustainable Architecture
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The month is filled with events hosted by PBOT Transportation Options and partner.
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River Rally 2012 is in Portland this w-end. River Network and Waterkeeper Alliance are joining forces to convene the largest gathering ever of clean water advocates.
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It’s Earth Day this Sunday. Looking back on the first Earth Day, in 1970, here are some of the books that sparked the movement and interest in environmental issues of the time. Many of those ideas are still relevant today.
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Sometimes, homeowners can pest proof homes on their own. There are things we can do to reduce pest populations!
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Anyone can get them and you can pick them up in a 5 star hotel, from a visit to the hospital, at school, or even from your place of work!
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Film takes natural area back to its roots as local filmmakers’ ‘Lonely Tree’ drum up community support to protect Three Creeks Natural Area.
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Metro recycling expert Betty Shelley shares sustainability secrets for Spring cleaning and Spring projects around your home.
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Here are the Green tips for the week of 2/6-10.
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Green Tips for the week of 1.30-2-3. Check the links for more.
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Friends of Trees' mission is to bring people in the Portland-Vancouver and Eugene-Springfield metro areas together to plant and care for city trees and green spaces.
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Those chickens in the backyard are fun. Now that you KNOW how to do it. Considering a next venture? How about this.
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So you've committed to composting under the new Metro rules. But now come the fruit flies. Here come a few suggestions to combat and get control of the critters.
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Discover GreenScene – your guide to great places and green living.
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TriMet is a national leader in transit. So much more than connecting people from point A to point B.
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New curbside collection service is here – including food scrap curbside composting! We talk with Master Recycler Peggy La Point about the program and how to make it work.
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Looking for ways to save energy and water? Energy Trust of Oregon is hel9ng families step into showers that save.
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Industry&Art: THE RIVERS RUN THROUGH US A Must See Art Exhibit & Sale at the Shipyard on Swan Island.
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A dramatic increase in attendance prompted the unanimous decision to extend the show through Labor Day. According to local HBA representatives, this year’s attendance figures have currently doubled in comparison to last year’s attendance figures.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 7:30 a.m. The only major triathlon ever held in downtown Portland, Oregon welcomes you to the fifth annual City of Portland Triathlon. Swim beneath the iconic bridges, ride amongst the steel and concrete giants, run through parks and paths teeming with urban life. Find out more
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Maybe now, we can start thinking about retiring the phrase "paper or plastic".
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Only in Portland. Portland has more craft breweries than anywhere in the world. Now we have the smallest one, as well.
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Find resources for recycling computers,
televisions and other electronics. Learn how to store, prepare and
transport materials for recycling and what questions to ask electronics
recyclers. Call the Metro Recycling information hotline today at 503-234-3000.
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Wellness Water Systems helping you Go Green! Protect your employees with filtered and purified drinking water.
Save money and the hassle of bottled water delivery service.
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Got toxic trash at home?From fluorescent lights and propane tanks to pesticides and paint,
protect your loved ones and the environment by getting rid of hazardous
waste the right way. Never put it in your garbage can, in the sink or down the storm drain.
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